The Jackson Street Entertainment District LLC has filed a rezoning request (Z-07-78-08) and Minor General Plan Amendment (GPA-CC-1-08-8) for a 12-acre site at the southwest corner of 4th Street and Jackson in Phoenix’s historic Warehouse District. The request would change the zoning from Warehouse Overlay, Downtown core, A-1 with two historic preservation properties to Planned Unit [...]
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Historic Phoenix Warehouse District building used again as event center
August 16, 2008[Source: Eugene Scott, Arizona Republic] — Pearle Marr’s family owned Imperial Lithographics in downtown Phoenix for nearly 40 years. Now Marr and her husband, Malcolm, hope to make another imprint on the changing community. Malcolm and Pearle Marrs, 61 and 57 respectively, are working to make the Fifth Avenue and Madison Event Center one of [...]
Which downtown Phoenix “character area” do you live/work in?
July 14, 2008In early July, the Phoenix City Council voted to adopt the Downtown Plan, a vision for future growth, neighborhoods, and parking, and the first part of the Urban Form Project. The Plan defines Character Areas within the plan boundaries (roughly bound by Seventh Avenue, Buckeye Road, Seventh Street and McDowell Road) with the goal of ensuring that city planning and zoning [...]
Jackson St. Entertainment District tax breaks inching forward
June 27, 2008[Source: MSN Money, June 26, 2008] — New tax incentives for solar energy companies are moving forward at the Arizona Legislature. Arizona House of Representatives committees Thursday moved forward a bill (HB 2872) that offers income and property tax breaks for solar firms locating in the state. Solar tax credits are also part of a [...]
Lender’s downfall puts downtown Phoenix plans in limbo
June 25, 2008[Source: Jahna Berry and Andrew Johnson, Arizona Republic, June 25, 2008] – The financial storm brewing around Mortgages Ltd. has touched two key downtown Phoenix projects, a blow to ongoing efforts to reinvigorate the city’s heart. There is no more loan money to fund construction and renovation work for Hotel Monroe, a high-profile luxury project, [...]
Jackson St. entertainment district lobbies for state help
June 21, 2008[Source: Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, June 21, 2008] — Recent long-running legislative sessions have featured months of budget bickering between the GOP-led Legislature and the Democratic governor and at least one big last-minute deal. This year’s eleventh-hour proposal is the jobs-stimulus package, a plan to boost the state’s economy through tax breaks for developers, [...]
